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Topic: Quick Demographics Question (Read 3138 times)

First of all I would like to say howdy to everyone as I am new to this board!

Now for my question:

I am attempting to determine how many homebrewers (beer only) there are in the US and or on the planet. Would anyone have any idea of what this number would be? I know that it would probably only be an educated guess, as some homebrewers don't belong to any organized clubs and such.

750K homebrewers and only 1200 ( .16% ) attend the conference. Sounds like something the Governing Committee should look into. Maybe if there was more attendance, the AHA could take over a whole state for the conference

750K homebrewers and only 1200 ( .16% ) attend the conference. Sounds like something the Governing Committee should look into. Maybe if there was more attendance, the AHA could take over a whole state for the conference

Of the 750K, there are about 22K (IIRC....Drew can correct me if I'm wrong) AHA members. But for some reason, the 750K number seems high.

There is really no way to determine this I would say. I think there are a LOT of people who have dabbled with it at least once. Maybe a Mr. Beer kit they got as a gift. Then there are those who are completely off on their own and don't talk about it making beer with sugar...

Who is to say? With all the folks who come and go from the hobby I think it would be impossible to say with any authority.

I'd venture that there are plenty of folks out there like me. I've been brewing 8-9 years - anywhere from 50-220 gallons a year, never joined a club, never took a class, never entered a competition - until this year! I still just use a 10 gallon SS Kettle - and brew either in the basement or on the back porch - so there's nothing fancy about my HB efforts. I have mostly made up all my own recipes (hence why I never know what style the brew might fit into), and seem to favor brown and red porter like concoctions. I and a friend started growing my own hops 2 years ago, and did some serious transplanting and expansion of the number of vines this spring.

So I am one of what I imagine is a pretty good # of homebrewers that is largely off the radar and unaccounted for.